Select the option that expresses the given sentence in direct speech.
The man told the crowd that he hadn't had his food for the last three days.

Correct option is C

Direct Speech- it means reporting the message of the speaker in the exact words as spoken by him.
Indirect Speech- It is speech which tells you what someone said, but does not use the person's actual word.
· Given sentence is an example of indirect speech.
While changing indirect speech into direct speech following rules are to be followed:
· Reverting Tenses: In direct speech, you often revert tenses from their shifted forms in indirect speech to their original forms. For instance, past perfect ("hadn't had") usually returns to present perfect ("haven't had") in direct speech, assuming the original statement was made in the present perfect.
· Quotation Marks: Direct speech must be enclosed in quotation marks to indicate that the words are exactly as spoken by the speaker.
· Pronouns and Modifiers: Pronouns and temporal modifiers are typically restored to their original state, as if being spoken by the original speaker at that time.
Thus, the correct choice, option (c), appropriately restores the tense and meaning as it likely was in the original utterance. This maintains both the grammatical accuracy and the original intent of the statement.